5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

DOWIE

DOWIE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Dull, dreary; melancholy.

Alternative forms: dowey

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How DOWIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts DOWIE as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,988 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

D___E D in the 1st position and E in the 5th position D__I_ D in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position DO_IE D in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ALTER SLANT ACTOR STARY SAINT
Words starting with D Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How DOWIE performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,988 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, DOWIE ranks #5,988 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
312
191
185
171
122
73
69
62
53
45
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing DOWIE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

16.1% →
SLART 5.93 bits
13.2% →
ALTER 5.48 bits
8.1% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
7.8% →
SLART 5.22 bits
7.3% →
ACTOR 5.05 bits
5.2% →
STARY 4.56 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.23 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 5.00 bits
2.6% →
RIPEN 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for DOWIE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

D2O1W4I1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.